Surname Ćojo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ćojo families are Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Glamoc area). In Skucani in Western Bosnia nearly every inhabitant had the family name Ćojo.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Ćojo live in Croatia today, in two households only.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćojo (including: Cojo , Choyo , Coyo , Ccoyo , Chojo , Cajjo , Chajjo , Chhojo , Chajo and Coio ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. "Coio " is used by few people in the United States. "Ciaio " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Calyo " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marinko Ćojo, Nevenka Ćojo, Milovan Ćojo, Milorad Ćojo, Marija Ćojo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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